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๐งGlorious Exploits - Ferdia Lennon
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Lennon managed to combine the ancient life of Sicily with the modernness of Ireland - and it works!
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I finished the book. 10/10 #GloriousExploits
This guy seemed to like Glorious Exploits as much as I did!
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Finally starting some different books. #OrdinaryTime was extraordinary! Loved loved loved it, this is one I need to re-read once a year to remind me to slow down, look around, enjoy&appreciate the everyday stuff. Haven't made it through #GloriousExploits yet but so far - quirky & funny. #booksky
Long weekend read๐ A darkly funny novel set in ancient Syracuse, where two potters stage Greek tragedies using Athenian prisoners held captive in the quarries. The plot is so original but I was hooked from the start! #booksky #gloriousexploits
Just finished #GloriousExploits by Ferdia Lennon. Crazy, funny, brilliant book. One of those you have to read because you could NEVER do it justice trying to explain it to someone ๐
Garden table in sun with vintage plate with chopped up avocado and feta in olive oil and balsamic with brown homemade gf bread on it, a mug behind, the paperback of glorious exploits and a sun hat, with a mossy drystone wall in background
Polly in a Sun hat holding up bright yellow paperback of glorious exploits to shade her face
Siskins at half empty bird feeders hanging off tree in front of dry stone wall in bright sun
Finishing this monthโs Grasmere book group book #GloriousExploits by Ferdia Lennon, eating Greek cheese in a sun that feels more Syracuse than Cumbria, with siskins at the bird feeder out competing the yellow of the cover. My favourite way to read: lounging in the sun.
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#GloriousExploits by Ferdia Lennon ๐๐
Clever, captivating & very entertaining
Dark humour woven throughout the historical narrative, with the tragicomic aspect of the story enhancing its effect
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Conclusion: such a good book, though quite dark. Perhaps overly so. However, itโs the kind of book Iโm waking up in the middle of the night thinking about.
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Today I got the part of the story that goes from interesting and amusing to ๐ง๐ง๐ง
I suspected something, but not THIS.
Now, with 2hrs left, I suspect I know whatโs coming. But letโs seeโฆ
Itโs the sort of book I wouldnโt have picked up, but so glad I did.
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Iโve seen a number of people say they put this book down because it wasnโt a โcomedyโ like they were expecting.
And I think that does sum it up: it is a sort of comedyโฆbut not like that. The voice is comedic, but the story? The story is dark. But good, so full of humanity.
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Just listened to the audiobook of #GloriousExploits by Ferdia Lennon. What a fantastic book. I never knew a hybrid novel about ancient history & Euripidesโ Medea (what a play!) told with modern Celtic wit could be so enthralling. Best book I have read for ages. Beautifully narrated by the author too
Lights on outside, christmas tree lights on, cosy blanket, and a book #gloriousexploits by #ferdialennon ##betweenthecovers nearly finished it, bit too bleak for me tbh
My book of the year and he gets a pig named after it ๐๐๐ #GloriousExploits
This was featured on BBC's Between the Covers where they raved about it. Maybe that set my expectations too high as I wouldn't say it was anything that special.
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#EnglandIsMine was chosen as a favourite read of the year by Ferdia Lennon, author of #GloriousExploits โจ
'England is Mine is that rare and special thing: a novel which gives one an insight into a complex and crucial facet of modern culture'
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